The first Molby On The Spot of the off-season sees Trev Downey and Jan Molby in a positive mood, even as they reflect on the heartbreak of Kiev. Jan runs his eye over the major issues to arise from the big match but the conversation returns consistently to what comes next for The Reds. With new players arriving, superstars being heavily linked with arriving, and quite a few current squad members likely to depart, Trev and Jan are like a pair of bewildered travellers looking up at an airport display screen. There’s a little World Cup talk, some assessment of Fabinho and a few plans for the summer shows revealed.
Trev Downey and Jan Molby bring you a belting final show of the season ahead of the biggest game in club football. With Jan having had a special audience with the gaffer, and Trev not even vaguely jealous, there are some opening thoughts on the club’s preparation for the final and the mood around the camp before the chat turns to Kiev and the strengths of the opposition, the areas The Reds might be able to exploit and the importance of the power of what Sadio Mané calls the “power” of the “collective.”
The final Premier League Molby On The Spot of the season sees Trev Downey and Jan Molby in understandably good spirits as they reflect on a campaign concluded successfully with the aim of Champions League qualification achieved on the final day. The lads discuss the weekend’s 4-0 win over Brighton but there’s a lot of tangential talk about the season overall, the return to goal-scoring excellence of Mo Salah, the delightful crossing of Andy Robertson and the massive game that awaits in Kiev. Jan, as ever, brings his unique insight and wit, incorporating anecdotes and analysis into his contribution and Trev? Well, he lets The Great Dane get on with it.
After missing out on the chance to secure participation in the Champions League through Premier League placement when they lost to Chelsea by a solitary goal, Liverpool now have a final opportunity to do it with an Anfield win against Brighton OR a Champions League final victory over Real Madrid. Trev Downey gets Jan Molby talking on a variety of subjects in a very engaging show. The lads discuss the tactical restrictions caused by a lack of squad depth, the many reasons to be optimistic, the necessity of hitting the ‘rest’ button and the types of players that could be recruited to avoid being so stretched in future. Jan also gives his own, really insightful, take on Steven Gerrard’s move to Rangers.
Trev Downey engages Jan Molby in a lively chat about the Reds’ victory over Roma which secured a crack at Real Madrid in Kiev. The lads pick apart the match that took place in the Stadio Olimpico and the performances which Jürgen’s boys put in. Jan is cautiously optimistic about the final and hoping that Liverpool can wrap up qualification for next year’s Champions League with victory over Chelsea on Sunday. Along the way we discover that Mr Molby is no fan of Italian football!
In this week’s Molby On The Spot, host Trev Downey speaks to Jan Molby about a massively dramatic evening at Anfield in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, when Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool side went goal crazy and raced to an entirely merited 5-0 lead before some irritatingly daft errors allowed the visitors two late replies. Jan gives his take on the Reds performance on the night and is highly optimistic about Liverpool reaching yet another final and having a chance to win a sixth Big Ears. There’s some Stoke chat too and The Great Dane has some forthright views on Dejan Lovren and the impact of the injury to Oxlade Chamberlain.
This week’s Molby On The Spot is a very lively chat between Trev Downey and the Great Dane - Reds legend, Jan Molby - about the recent victory over Bournemouth, the weekend match away at West Brom and the season-defining Champions League semi-final against Roma. There’s some great insight from Jan about the performances of the individual players, the thought processes in the run up to a massive match and the tactics that might be employed by both The Reds and their opponents. As ever, there are anecdotes and tangents and, this week, a lovely masterclass on the art of the pass.
This week’s Molby On The Spot sees host Trev Downey and Reds legend Jan Molby discussing the remarkable Champions League exploits of the Redmen. The lads assess the second-leg performance and analyse the individual showings and the managers’ tactics. There’s talk about the development and evolution of the club under Jürgen Klopp and some realistically positive conversation about the things that might yet be achieved this season.
Trev Downey talks to Jan Molby about a great pair of wins for The Reds, with the focus primarily on the victory over Manchester City. The performances, key moments and tactics are analysed, there’s some chat about the bus nonsense and the lads look ahead to Saturday’s derby and the return leg against City. as ever, Jan is on fine form.
After a fortnight of international football and its attendant angst, Jürgen’s Reds face two further weeks which will make or break the season. Trev Downey and Jan Molby discuss topics as diverse as the Gomez and Can injuries, the transfer stories around the aforementioned handsome German and his countryman Timo Werner, the best international sides Jan has faced, the stunning beauty of the France ’84 kit, the true status of Roy Hodgson and the likelihood of a Liverpool win at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
